According to Paige, posing for Sports Illustrated helped her deal with what had happened to her. Talking about one photo in particular, she explained, “I was nude, I was completely naked. That was the best moment for me. I felt so empowered and I was like, ‘OK, if I’m going to do this, I’m doing it on my terms’ and I took it back, I took my body back.” She continued, “That was the moment I won, right there, when I did Sport Illustrated Swimsuit and I had my t**s out.” And despite the trauma she experienced from the incident, she has since been able to put it all behind her.